The best restaurants serving British food in Childwall Liverpool North West

Consistently excellent - staff are lovely, food always hot and high quality

We have literally just left. We try to support independent Liverpool businesses and attempted to try Calisa today. 3 tables were in use, so there may have been 4 empty. The man behind the counter looked at us and put his hands on his face as though being presented with a conundrum. He very hesitantly announced that he would have to put 2 tables together, as though it was an extreme difficulty, rather than a daily occurrence for a cafe. Then he said how he wouldn’t be able to clear the tables until he had completed a drinks order. We said this was fine and went to sit down but he asked us to sit outside. He finished the drinks order and again walked over to the tables (one empty one clean) with a puzzled expression and his hands on his face, similar to Munch’s ‘The Scream’. My sister then popped her head in as he said ‘it is just cake and coffee you want isn’t it? The kitchens closed’. It was what we wanted, but we took the hint and said we would leave, he said “yes” as he had obviously achieved his aim. Either this is a “local place for local people’ or that is the worst welcome I have ever had.

El lugar estaba muy ocupado. Encontramos una mesa en el salón de actos, nosotros una mesa de 9. Pedimos a través del código QR 1 hora tarde la comida llegó. Mi hija y yo comimos carne y pastel de cerveza y pollo y puerro. Ninguno de los dos pudo pasar el cuchillo por la pastelería que parecía haber estado en el horno la mayor parte de la tarde. El Gravy era como gelatina sacada de un paquete y no fue tonto correctamente. A los natchos les faltaba queso y jalapeños. Dedos de pescado fritos a una pulgada de arder. Todos juntos una experiencia terrible. Hemos comido allí antes y ha estado bien. Estaría hablando con quien cocinara esa comida. No volveremos a visitar para comer allí de nuevo. Habíamos esperado tanto tiempo por la comida. Devolverlo no era una opción. Si usted está ocupado y no puede dar a la gente un buen servicio, no se siente.